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Insider Ownership Percentage: 28.00%

Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $824,449.91

Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $116,560.26

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Bankwell Financial Group Share Price & Price History

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Bankwell Financial Group Insider Trading History

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction	Shares Held After Transaction
3/14/2023	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	9,306	$26.52	$246,795.12	75,473
3/9/2023	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	361	$27.75	$10,017.75	35,834
3/6/2023	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	6,552	$30.00	$196,560.00	35,473
3/1/2023	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	3,238	$30.00	$97,140.00	28,711
2/23/2023	Eric J Dale	Director	Buy	229	$30.56	$6,998.24	30,243
2/3/2023	Eric J Dale	Director	Buy	226	$30.78	$6,956.28	30,014
12/12/2022	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	460	$29.00	$13,340.00	23,973
12/9/2022	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	962	$29.00	$27,898.00	23,513
12/7/2022	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	1,540	$28.97	$44,613.80	22,332
12/5/2022	Lawrence B Seidman	Director	Buy	171	$29.18	$4,989.78	3,698
12/2/2022	Laura Waitz	COO	Sell	1,253	$30.02	$37,615.06	500
11/18/2022	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	130	$31.30	$4,069.00	2,837
10/27/2022	Lawrence B Seidman	Director	Buy	165	$30.21	$4,984.65	3,367
9/23/2022	Todd Lampert	Director	Sell	770	$29.51	$22,722.70	9,530
9/21/2022	Todd Lampert	Director	Sell	230	$31.25	$7,187.50	11,300
8/29/2022	Darryl Demos	Director	Buy	2,350	$32.15	$75,552.50	3,800
8/25/2022	Blake S. Drexler	Director	Buy	140	$32.66	$4,572.40	34,360
8/23/2022	Lawrence B Seidman	Director	Buy	153	$32.61	$4,989.33	3,043
8/1/2022	Laura Waitz	COO	Sell	1,500	$32.69	$49,035.00	1,253
7/19/2022	Carl M. Porto	Director	Buy	143	$32.26	$4,613.18	13,377
6/29/2022	Carl M. Porto	Director	Buy	138	$31.03	$4,282.14	13,234
6/24/2022	Penko Krassimir Ivanov	CFO	Buy	200	$30.75	$6,150.00	1,679
6/23/2022	Richard Castiglioni	Director	Buy	21	$30.15	$633.15	16,121
5/26/2022	Darryl Demos	Director	Buy	1,450	$34.55	$50,097.50	1,450
5/23/2022	Daniel S. Jones	Director	Buy	152	$33.72	$5,125.44	30,044
4/28/2022	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	121	$33.65	$4,071.65	1,938
3/17/2022	Eric J Dale	Director	Buy	152	$34.18	$5,195.36
2/24/2022	Blake S. Drexler	Director	Buy	175	$34.20	$5,985.00
2/16/2022	Lawrence B Seidman	Director	Buy	144	$34.75	$5,004.00
1/31/2022	Penko Krassimir Ivanov	CFO	Buy	90	$34.00	$3,060.00
12/9/2021	Carl M. Porto	Director	Buy	87	$33.82	$2,942.34
12/6/2021	Daniel S. Jones	Director	Buy	133	$31.49	$4,188.17
11/29/2021	Lawrence B Seidman	Director	Buy	7,186	$31.00	$222,766.00
11/19/2021	Lawrence B Seidman	Director	Buy	2,709	$31.00	$83,979.00
11/9/2021	Matt McNeill	EVP	Buy	11,070	$31.12	$344,498.40
11/3/2021	Penko Krassimir Ivanov	CFO	Buy	50	$30.62	$1,531.00
11/2/2021	Carl M. Porto	Director	Buy	190	$30.25	$5,747.50
9/30/2021	Lawrence B Seidman	Director	Buy	179	$29.49	$5,278.71
9/8/2021	Lawrence B Seidman	Director	Buy	145	$29.69	$4,305.05	7,608
8/27/2021	Carl M. Porto	Director	Buy	62	$30.54	$1,893.48	7,608
8/2/2021	Daniel S. Jones	Director	Buy	179	$29.27	$5,239.33	22,694
7/30/2021	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	176	$28.99	$5,102.24
7/2/2021	Lawrence B Seidman	Director	Buy	133	$27.71	$3,685.43	1,665
6/30/2021	Eric J Dale	Director	Buy	197	$27.70	$5,456.90	22,694
6/1/2021	Eric J Dale	Director	Buy	222	$28.97	$6,431.34	22,694
5/24/2021	James M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	17	$28.31	$481.27	22,694
5/10/2021	Lawrence B Seidman	Director	Buy	178	$29.66	$5,279.48	1,665
4/12/2021	James M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	149	$27.41	$4,084.09	22,694
3/29/2021	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	94	$26.50	$2,491.00	7,608
3/18/2021	Todd Lampert	Director	Sell	5,955	$27.10	$161,380.50	9,180
3/15/2021	Blake S. Drexler	Director	Buy	304	$28.26	$8,591.04	146,625
3/2/2021	Blake S. Drexler	Director	Buy	74	$25.26	$1,869.24	146,625
2/17/2021	Penko Krassimir Ivanov	CFO	Buy	500	$21.94	$10,970.00	4,028
2/16/2021	Christopher R Gruseke	CEO	Buy	5,000	$21.91	$109,550.00
2/12/2021	Laura Waitz	EVP	Sell	2,664	$20.54	$54,718.56
2/10/2021	Lawrence B Seidman	Director	Buy	1,100	$21.21	$23,331.00
12/24/2020	Eric J Dale	Director	Buy	440	$18.57	$8,170.80	21,844
11/24/2020	Blake S. Drexler	Director	Buy	164	$18.95	$3,107.80	145,775
10/30/2020	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	272	$16.43	$4,468.96	7,008
10/5/2020	Daniel S. Jones	Director	Buy	339	$15.29	$5,183.31	21,844
9/4/2020	Lawrence B Seidman	Director	Buy	260	$15.50	$4,030.00	565
8/24/2020	Blake S. Drexler	Director	Buy	198	$15.70	$3,108.60	145,775
7/31/2020	Eric J Dale	Director	Buy	438	$15.50	$6,789.00	21,844
6/30/2020	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	172	$15.94	$2,741.68	7,008
6/5/2020	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	238	$15.50	$3,689.00	7,008
6/2/2020	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	84	$14.90	$1,251.60	7,008
5/15/2020	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	458	$13.70	$6,274.60	7,008
5/13/2020	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	2,001	$14.00	$28,014.00	5,008
4/8/2020	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	191	$14.65	$2,798.15	7,008
3/23/2020	Richard Castiglioni	Director	Buy	500	$14.72	$7,360.00	13,900
3/10/2020	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	182	$20.63	$3,754.66	7,008
2/26/2020	James. M. Garnett, Jr.	Director	Buy	134	$28.82	$3,861.88	7,008

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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG)

33.48% of Bankwell Financial Group stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

Bankwell Financial Group Institutional Trading History

Reporting Date	Hedge Fund	Shares Held	Market Value	% of Portfolio	Quarterly Change in Shares	Ownership in Company
2/15/2023	Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio	1,320	$39K	0.0%	-34.0%	0.017%
2/15/2023	MetLife Investment Management LLC	3,003	$88K	0.0%	N/A	0.039%
2/15/2023	Millennium Management LLC	59,024	$1.74M	0.0%	-15.3%	0.766%
2/15/2023	Morgan Stanley	18,638	$0.55M	0.0%	-81.8%	0.242%
2/15/2023	Man Group plc	8,373	$0.25M	0.0%	N/A	0.109%
2/14/2023	Marshall Wace LLP	14,328	$0.42M	0.0%	-50.5%	0.186%
2/14/2023	Two Sigma Investments LP	25,247	$0.74M	0.0%	-23.5%	0.327%
2/13/2023	Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.	15,288	$0.45M	0.0%	+3.6%	0.198%
2/13/2023	BHZ Capital Management LP	47,870	$1.41M	0.6%	+15.7%	0.621%
2/13/2023	Barclays PLC	8,698	$0.26M	0.0%	+3,539.3%	0.113%
2/13/2023	Renaissance Technologies LLC	203,303	$5.98M	0.0%	+7.4%	2.637%
2/13/2023	Geode Capital Management LLC	105,830	$3.11M	0.0%	+2.2%	1.373%
2/13/2023	American Century Companies Inc.	35,648	$1.05M	0.0%	+22.7%	0.462%
2/13/2023	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	4,118	$0.12M	0.0%	+33.5%	0.053%
2/13/2023	Banc Funds Co. LLC	276,623	$8.14M	0.7%	+1.1%	3.588%
2/10/2023	Bank of America Corp DE	9,662	$0.28M	0.0%	+503.5%	0.125%
2/10/2023	Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.	18,909	$0.56M	0.0%	-20.7%	0.245%
2/9/2023	First Trust Advisors LP	22,221	$0.65M	0.0%	+10.5%	0.288%
2/8/2023	UBS Group AG	5,917	$0.17M	0.0%	+105.8%	0.077%
2/8/2023	LSV Asset Management	80,434	$2.37M	0.0%	+39.9%	1.043%
2/8/2023	Russell Investments Group Ltd.	3,391	$100K	0.0%	N/A	0.044%
2/7/2023	Summit Trail Advisors LLC	51,159	$1.51M	0.1%	-1.2%	0.664%
2/1/2023	Bank of Montreal Can	19,744	$0.61M	0.0%	N/A	0.256%
1/26/2023	Strs Ohio	4,700	$0.14M	0.0%	N/A	0.061%
1/23/2023	Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC	9,574	$0.28M	0.0%	+441.5%	0.124%
12/8/2022	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	43,957	$1.28M	0.0%	+11.9%	0.570%
11/16/2022	BNP Paribas Arbitrage SNC	3,419	$100K	0.0%	+169.2%	0.044%
11/15/2022	State Street Corp	65,417	$1.90M	0.0%	+3.9%	0.848%
11/15/2022	Two Sigma Advisers LP	29,300	$0.85M	0.0%	-51.2%	0.380%
11/15/2022	Two Sigma Investments LP	33,020	$0.96M	0.0%	-47.5%	0.428%
11/15/2022	Trexquant Investment LP	14,919	$0.43M	0.0%	-10.1%	0.194%
11/15/2022	Vanguard Group Inc.	285,425	$8.31M	0.0%	-0.3%	3.702%
11/15/2022	Quadrature Capital Ltd	15,283	$0.45M	0.0%	-39.9%	0.198%
11/15/2022	Marshall Wace LLP	28,924	$0.84M	0.0%	+13.5%	0.375%
11/15/2022	First Trust Advisors LP	20,101	$0.59M	0.0%	N/A	0.261%
11/15/2022	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	43,957	$1.28M	0.0%	+11.9%	0.570%
11/15/2022	BlackRock Inc.	287,501	$8.37M	0.0%	+4.0%	3.729%
11/15/2022	Citadel Advisors LLC	26,816	$0.78M	0.0%	+12.1%	0.348%
11/14/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	10,444	$0.30M	0.0%	+24.6%	0.135%
11/14/2022	Renaissance Technologies LLC	189,303	$5.51M	0.0%	-11.2%	2.455%
11/14/2022	Lazard Asset Management LLC	2,139	$62K	0.0%	+299.1%	0.028%
11/10/2022	Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.	23,837	$0.69M	0.0%	+35.6%	0.307%
11/10/2022	Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.	21,912	$0.64M	0.1%	-17.0%	0.282%
11/10/2022	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	246,561	$7.18M	0.0%	+5.9%	3.177%
11/10/2022	Tower Research Capital LLC TRC	940	$27K	0.0%	-71.6%	0.012%
11/10/2022	Summit Trail Advisors LLC	51,795	$1.51M	0.1%	-14.3%	0.667%
11/10/2022	UBS Group AG	2,875	$84K	0.0%	-29.5%	0.037%
11/7/2022	LSV Asset Management	57,514	$1.67M	0.0%	+28.8%	0.741%
10/26/2022	Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC	1,768	$51K	0.0%	N/A	0.023%
10/25/2022	Janney Montgomery Scott LLC	9,093	$0.27M	0.0%	N/A	0.117%
10/25/2022	Eidelman Virant Capital	20,000	$0.59M	0.4%	N/A	0.258%
10/25/2022	Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc.	7,665	$0.22M	0.0%	+5.3%	0.099%
8/15/2022	State Street Corp	62,950	$1.96M	0.0%	+185.2%	0.811%
8/15/2022	Citadel Advisors LLC	23,927	$0.74M	0.0%	+287.4%	0.308%
8/15/2022	Millennium Management LLC	122,794	$3.81M	0.0%	+15.0%	1.582%
8/13/2022	Renaissance Technologies LLC	213,200	$6.62M	0.0%	+4.9%	2.747%
8/13/2022	American International Group Inc.	2,637	$82K	0.0%	N/A	0.034%
8/12/2022	Northern Trust Corp	68,236	$2.12M	0.0%	+123.2%	0.879%
8/12/2022	Banc Funds Co. LLC	273,623	$8.50M	0.8%	-2.5%	3.526%
8/12/2022	BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA	1,270	$39K	0.0%	N/A	0.016%
8/12/2022	Rhumbline Advisers	8,400	$0.26M	0.0%	N/A	0.108%
8/11/2022	Trexquant Investment LP	16,586	$0.52M	0.0%	N/A	0.214%
8/11/2022	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	4,409	$0.14M	0.0%	-30.9%	0.057%
8/9/2022	Summit Trail Advisors LLC	60,416	$1.88M	0.1%	-14.1%	0.779%
8/5/2022	Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.	17,585	$0.55M	0.0%	+11.1%	0.227%
8/5/2022	Better Money Decisions LLC	1,093	$34K	0.0%	N/A	0.014%
8/1/2022	US Bancorp DE	1,689	$52K	0.0%	-23.9%	0.022%
7/12/2022	FNY Investment Advisers LLC	7,000	$0.22M	0.2%	+250.0%	0.090%
5/17/2022	Jane Street Group LLC	6,338	$0.21M	0.0%	N/A	0.082%
5/17/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	9,430	$0.32M	0.0%	+36.7%	0.122%
5/16/2022	State Street Corp	22,072	$0.75M	0.0%	+18.4%	0.284%
5/16/2022	Atria Wealth Solutions Inc.	30,489	$1.03M	0.0%	N/A	0.393%
5/16/2022	UBS Group AG	3,875	$0.13M	0.0%	+34.8%	0.050%
5/13/2022	Renaissance Technologies LLC	203,270	$6.88M	0.0%	-7.7%	2.619%
5/13/2022	Northern Trust Corp	30,573	$1.04M	0.0%	-2.6%	0.394%
5/13/2022	Vanguard Group Inc.	291,757	$9.87M	0.0%	-1.4%	3.760%
5/13/2022	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	211,604	$7.16M	0.0%	+3.5%	2.727%
5/12/2022	LSV Asset Management	46,763	$1.58M	0.0%	+143.7%	0.603%
5/12/2022	BlackRock Inc.	25,577	$0.87M	0.0%	-3.6%	0.330%
5/12/2022	Acadian Asset Management LLC	35,671	$1.21M	0.0%	+8.6%	0.460%
5/12/2022	Citigroup Inc.	7,172	$0.24M	0.0%	N/A	0.092%
5/12/2022	Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.	15,826	$0.54M	0.0%	+29.5%	0.204%
5/11/2022	US Bancorp DE	2,219	$75K	0.0%	+15.6%	0.029%
5/11/2022	American Century Companies Inc.	19,707	$0.67M	0.0%	+29.1%	0.254%
5/11/2022	Banc Funds Co. LLC	280,623	$9.49M	0.7%	+7.7%	3.616%
5/11/2022	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	24,756	$0.84M	0.0%	-3.0%	0.319%
5/11/2022	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	6,383	$0.22M	0.0%	+7.8%	0.082%
5/11/2022	BHZ Capital Management LP	32,242	$1.09M	0.4%	+1.1%	0.415%
5/3/2022	Bourgeon Capital Management LLC	7,710	$0.26M	0.1%	-11.2%	0.099%
4/28/2022	Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.	26,412	$0.89M	0.1%	-10.2%	0.340%
4/25/2022	FNY Investment Advisers LLC	2,000	$67K	0.1%	N/A	0.026%
2/11/2022	Summit Trail Advisors LLC	76,370	$2.51M	0.2%	-12.6%	0.974%
2/11/2022	Renaissance Technologies LLC	220,286	$7.23M	0.0%	-0.4%	2.809%
2/10/2022	Acadian Asset Management LLC	32,849	$1.08M	0.0%	+28.4%	0.419%
2/10/2022	Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.	12,224	$0.40M	0.0%	+26.8%	0.156%
2/9/2022	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	204,546	$6.72M	0.0%	+2.8%	2.608%
2/8/2022	Northern Trust Corp	31,396	$1.03M	0.0%	-9.5%	0.400%
2/7/2022	American Century Companies Inc.	15,264	$0.50M	0.0%	+37.1%	0.195%
2/7/2022	BHZ Capital Management LP	31,887	$1.05M	0.4%	-2.0%	0.407%
2/7/2022	Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.	29,412	$0.97M	0.1%	+1,448.0%	0.375%

Data available starting January 2016

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. is a bank holding company, which engages in the provision of financial services through its banking subsidiary, Bankwell Bank. It offers checking, savings, money market, online and mobile banking, debit cards, and personal loans. The firm also delivers business banking solutions such as business checking, treasury management, business savings, commercial services, business loans and lines of credit, and commercial mortgages. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in New Canaan, CT.

Today's Range

Now: $26.52

$25.90

$27.00

50 Day Range

MA: $29.63

$25.36

$31.44

52 Week Range

Now: $26.52

$24.50

$36.87

Volume

31,117 shs

Average Volume

19,342 shs

Market Capitalization

$207.92 million

P/E Ratio

5.51

Dividend Yield

3.08%

Beta

0.7

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Bankwell Financial Group?: Bankwell Financial Group's top insider investors include:
James M Garnett Jr (Director)
Blake S Drexler (Director)
Eric J Dale (Director)
Daniel S Jones (Director)
James M Garnett, Jr (Director)
Richard Castiglioni (Director)
Carl M Porto (Director)
Todd Lampert (Director)
Lawrence B Seidman (Director)
Darryl Demos (Director)
Penko Krassimir Ivanov (CFO)
Laura Waitz (COO)
Matt Mcneill (EVP)
Learn More about top insider investors at Bankwell Financial Group.
Who are the major institutional investors of Bankwell Financial Group?: Bankwell Financial Group's top institutional shareholders include:
Banc Funds Co. LLC — 3.59%
Renaissance Technologies LLC — 2.64%
Geode Capital Management LLC — 1.37%
LSV Asset Management — 1.04%
Millennium Management LLC — 0.77%
Summit Trail Advisors LLC — 0.66%
Learn More about top institutional investors of Bankwell Financial Group stock.
Which institutional investors are selling Bankwell Financial Group stock?: In the previous quarter, BWFG stock was sold by these institutional investors:
Morgan Stanley
Marshall Wace LLP
Millennium Management LLC
Two Sigma Investments LP
Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.
Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio
Summit Trail Advisors LLC
Within the last year, company insiders that have sold Bankwell Financial Group company stock include:
James M Garnett Jr (Director)
Blake S Drexler (Director)
Learn More investors selling Bankwell Financial Group stock.
Which institutional investors are buying Bankwell Financial Group stock?: During the last quarter, BWFG stock was bought by institutional investors including:
LSV Asset Management
Bank of Montreal Can
Renaissance Technologies LLC
Barclays PLC
Man Group plc
Bank of America Corp DE
Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC
American Century Companies Inc.
During the last year, these company insiders have bought Bankwell Financial Group stock:
James M Garnett Jr (Director)
Blake S Drexler (Director)
Eric J Dale (Director)
Daniel S Jones (Director)
James M Garnett, Jr (Director)
Richard Castiglioni (Director)
Carl M Porto (Director)
Todd Lampert (Director)
Lawrence B Seidman (Director)
Darryl Demos (Director)
Penko Krassimir Ivanov (CFO)
Learn More investors buying Bankwell Financial Group stock.